kouf

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Old High German kouf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, from *kaupô + *-ōną.

    Noun

    kouf m

    1. trade
    2. purchase
    3. goods

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Central Franconian:
    • German: Kauf

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “kouf”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • "kouf" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

    Old High German

    Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *kaup, from *kaupōn, from Proto-Germanic *kaupōną, from *kaupô + *-ōną.

      Noun

      kouf m

      1. commerce, trade
      2. barter
      3. purchase

      Descendants

      References